Level 2 Lesson 27 / Do it for me / -아/어/여 주세요

안녕하세요! In Level 2 Lesson 26, we looked at how to tell someone to do something, and in this lesson, we are going to look at how to tell someone to do something for you, or show their kindness by doing something, or ask someone to do something in a more polite way. After listening to the lesson, if you have any questions, please feel free, as always, to leave us comments! 감사합니다!

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Would someone please explain the difference between these two sentences? (If the second even makes sense, I’m not sure!) the first one was an example sentence and I would have said the sentence like in the second example so now I’m confused over the difference! Thank you to anyway that can explain 😀

-어요 is the polite conjugation for the verb 있다. (Maybe check out an earlier lesson?) The ending changes the level of politeness and closeness of speaker and listener. The same sentence can be said in many ways, meant for different audiences. 도와 줄 수 있어? 도와 줄 수 있니? 도와 줄 수 있나요? 도와 줄 수 있습니까?

These sentences are other ways you can ask for help: 도와주시겠어요? 도와주세요 도와 줄 수 있을까요?